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Steelcase CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Sara E. Armbruster is the Steelcase's CEO. Steelcase has 12,650 employees, of which 41 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Steelcase executive team is 44% female and 56% male.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of Steelcase management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Sara E. Armbruster

CEO / President

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Smith System

Peter Wege II

Board Member

David Hunting

Founder

Walter Idema

Founder

Lizbeth S. O'Shaughnessy

SVP, CAO

Lizbeth S. O'Shaughnessy's LinkedIn

Beth O’Shaughnessy is senior vice president, chief administrative officer, general counsel and secretary for Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry. Beth took on the additional duties of chief administrative officer in July 2014, expanding her role as vice president, chief legal officer and secretary (2007-14). In addition to her leadership of legal services, Beth is now responsible for several other groups, including global talent management, sustainability, community relations, global trade compliance and environmental performance; and corporate governance as the secretary of the board of directors. Previously, Beth was vice president, chief legal officer and secretary (2007-11) with global leadership responsibility for all legal services and consultation advice necessary to support the company’s global business and to provide research, review and active involvement in legal matters for various groups within the company.

Robert G. Krestakos

VP Global Operations

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Steven Douglas Miller

VP, Chief Technology Officer

Steven Douglas Miller's LinkedIn

Works at Steelcase. Lives in Grand Rapids, MI. Leader of the IT Innovation Management Office for Steelcase

Eddy F. Schmitt

SVP

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Allan W. Smith Jr

SVP, CRO

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Name & TitleBio
Smith System

Peter Wege II

Board Member

David Hunting

Founder

Walter Idema

Founder

Steelcase board members

Name & TitleBio
Sara E. Armbruster

CEO / President

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Peter Wege II

Board Member

Steven Douglas Miller

VP, Chief Technology Officer

Steven Douglas Miller's LinkedIn

Works at Steelcase. Lives in Grand Rapids, MI. Leader of the IT Innovation Management Office for Steelcase

Connie Kadrovach Duckworth

Board Member

James P Keane

CEO

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President and Chief Executive Officer, Steelcase Inc. (Office Furniture). Mr. Keane became President and Chief Executive Officer of Steelcase in March 2014. He has held several leadership roles since joining Steelcase in 1997. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Steelcase Inc. from 2001 through 2006. He was named President of the Steelcase Group in October 2006, where he had responsibility for the sales, marketing and product development activities of certain brands primarily in North America. In January 2011, he assumed leadership of the Steelcase brand across the Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. From November 2012 to April 2014, he served as Chief Operating Officer and from April 2013 to March 2014 as President. Mr. Keane has served as a director of Steelcase since April 2013. He also serves as a director or trustee of a number of civic and charitable organizations.

Jennifer C. Niemann

Board Member

Kate Pew Wolters

Board Member

Linda K. Williams

Board Member

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Robert C. Pew

Board Member

Todd P. Kelsey

Board Member

Steelcase leadership demographics

Steelcase gender distribution in management team

  • The Steelcase executive team is 44% female and 56% male.
  • Steelcase is 35% female and 65% male company-wide.
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Male
56%
Company-wide: 65%
Female
Female
44%
Company-wide: 35%

Steelcase executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Steelcase executive officers is White.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Steelcase's management is Asian.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 66% of employees are White.
  • 13% of employees are Black or African American.
  • 11% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • Management team
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What employees say about the executives at Steelcase

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2021
Pros of working at Steelcase

Great company culture with great upper management.

Cons of working at Steelcase

Change can be hard to come by and slow in larger companies, and this has been especially true at Steelcase.

Steelcase benefits

Paternity leave for 3 weeks

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